Portable gun-rack.



' I No. 795,566. PATBNTED JULY 25, 1905.

v R. Y. WALLACE.

PORTABLE GUN RACK.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 19, 1904 Q$6 d /J mlmuqmmmmt UNITED STATES PATENT()FFICE. ROBERT Y. ALLACE, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

' PORTABLE GUN-RAOK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 25, 1905.

Application filed August 19, 1904. $erial No. 221.341.

To all who! it hwy concern.-

Be it known that 1, ROBERT Y. \VALLACE, a citizen of the United Statesof America, and a resident of Chicago, in the county of (look and Stateof Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inPortable Gun-Racks, of which the following is a specificatiou.

The main objects of my invention are to providea simple, inexpensive,and improved form of portable gun-rack adapted to be stored in compactfornnbeing light in weight and adapted to be readily attached to ordisconnected from a tent-pole for use at military encampments in servingto keep the guns ofi" of the floor of the tent and securing same out ofcontact with the walls of the tent, thus preventing their becominginjured by moisture in wet weather. I accomplish these objects by thedevice shown in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a frontelevation of a portable gun-rack constructed according to my invention.Fig. :2 is a side elevation of the same, showing a gzm in positionthereon. Fig. 3 is a top plan of the upper cross-bar of the same. Fig. 4is a horizontal section on the line 4 4 of Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is a planshowing the usual shape of the stacking-swivels of guns.

]n the drawings the upright 5 represents a tent-pole, and the gun-rackconsists of a pair of horizontally-disposed cross-pieces 6 and 7, whichare detachably secured to the pole 5. The upper cross-piece 6 issuspended, by means of a hook 8, from a screw-eye 9in the front of thepole and is braced against tilting laterally on its suspending-hook bymeans of a pair of diagonal braces 10, having eyes at each end. Theupper ends of the braces are connected by screws near the outer ends ofthe crosspieces 6, and the eyes at the lower ends of both braces aresecured together and to the pole by means of a screw-eye 11. A pluralityof bent plates 12 are secured along the upper edge of the cross-pieces(3 and-are provided with upwardly-disposed parts, each forming a broadflattened hook for engaging the stacking-swivel 13 of a gun forsuspending the gun from the cross piece 6. The lower cross-piece 7 issecured to the pole 5 by the hooks 14 and screw-eyes 15, which are soarranged as to secure the cross-piece 7 rigidly to the pole and preventsaid cross-piece from swinging around the pole. The cross-piece 7 islocated on the pole at such distance below the crosspiece 6 that thestocks 16 of the guns will bear laterally against the cross-piece and beprevented from swinging into contact with the canvas of the tent behindthe pole 5. The flat form of the hooks l2 fits the elongated opening inthe stacking-swivel and serves to hold the gun securely in a position atright angles to the front face of the cross-piece, thus insuring asymmetrical appearance of the guns on the rack.

in the operation of the device shown the gun is mounted upon the rack bymerely slipping the stacking-swivel 13 of the gun over one of the clips12 on the cross-piece 6. The gun will then hang in a vertical positionand rest against the lower cross-piece T, as shown in Fig. 2. To storethe rack when the tents are taken down, the lowercross-piece is removedby merely nnsnapping the hooks 14: from the eyes 15, and the uppercross-piece may be removed by unscrewing the screw-eye 11 and thenunhooking the hook 8 from the eye 9. The braces 10 may be folded to liealong the back of the cross-piece 6, and the two crosspieces may be tiedtogether for storage in compact form.

It will be seen that while the rack is collapsible and may be quicklyset up or taken down it is rigid and guns may be hung upon either or allof the clips without in any way disturbing the disposition of the partsor of other guns already in position. These racks are especially adaptedfor use by military organizations. \Vhen used in camp, the rack isfastened to one of the tent-poles. After breaking up camp the racks maybe secured in rows 0n the walls of the barracks and are thus ofcontinuous usefulness to the organization.

It will be seen that some of the details of the construction shown maybe altered withoutdeparting from the spirit of my invention.

Vthat I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters latent,is

1. A gun-rack comprising an upright, a pair of horizontally-disposedcross-pieces secured to said upright one above the other, the uppercross-piece having thereon a plurality of upwardly-disposed hooks eachadapted for engaging the stacking-swivel of a gun, a. hook fordetachably suspending the upper cross piece from the upright, bracesdetachabl y 'engaging the pole for preventing said upper cross-piecefrom tilting on its suspendinghook; and said lower cross-piece beingdetachably connected to the pole in position for laterally enga in thestocks of guns sus enda a v ed from the upper cross-piece and beingsecured against shifting laterally around the pole, substantially asdescribed.

2. A gun-rack comprising a pole, a crosspiece secured to the pole andhaving thereon a plurality of upwardly-disposed hooks each adapted forengaging the stacking-swivel of a gun for supporting the gun, a hook fordetachably connecting the cross-piece to the pole, a pair of bracespivotaily connected to the cross-piece at points on opposite sides ofthe pole and adapted to have their free ends connected together and tothe pole for bracing the cross-piece against tilting, and a secondcross-piece secured to the pole and adapted to have lateral engagementwith the lower parts of the guns, substantially as described.

3. In a gun-rack, the combination of an upright, a cross-piece havingfastening means located centrally thereof for securing the same in ahorizontal position on said upright, a plurality of plates each securedto the rear face of the cross-piece and extending across the top thereofand upwardly near and substantially flush with the front face of thecross-piece to form a flat hook adapted to engage the stacking-swivelofa gun for supporting the gun, and a pair of depending braces pivotallyconnected to the rear face of the cross-piece on opposite sides of saidfastening means and having eyes at their lower ends for connecting sametogether and to the upright, substantially as described.

4. In a gun-rack, the combination of an upright, a cross-piece rigidlysecured in a horizontal position on said upright, a plurality of plateseach secured to the rear face of the cross piece and extending acrossthe top thereof and upwardly near and substantially flush with the frontface ofthe cross-piece to form a flat hook adapted to engage thestacking-swivel of a gun for supporting the gun, substantially asdescribed.

Signed at Chicago this 13th day of August,

ROBERT Y. WALLACE.

\Vitnesses:

EUGENE A. RUMMLER, RUDow RUMMLER."

